Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170822154934

Ninjawarrior93 wrote: In most cases, when you use Draco Meteor and kill the opposing pokemon, the most likely(not always true) move an opponent will make is to switch into something that can check your Draco Meteor user, so it's not true that Draco Meteor will "ruin good opportunities" after using it, when there is a lack of such an existing opportunity in the first place.

Choice specs, Dragonium Z and certain users also would want to run Draco Meteor if they have it as they benefit it from it(type coverage, base power, wallbreak), especially as to how it has the best base power out of all special Dragon-type moves.

Examples of such Pokemon and/or sets: Scarf Latias/Latios, Specs/Dragonium Z Dragalge, Specs Goodra, and even a Life Orb Noivern would prefer Draco Meteor than Dragon Pulse, in order to make use of much power as possible when it comes to dealing damage with its decent special attack stat of 97.

Other rare cases can be mixed sets that focus more on investing into the attack stat, and would require a strong special move to cover what is otherwise the uninvested special attack stat in order to break pass physical walls that otherwise would be known as your traditional checks.

Although in the end, if you prefer consistency you can always choose Dragon Pulse, which is okay-ish. Exactly right. Those wallbreakers prefer power to consistency. It's also worth mentioning that two Draco Meteors (even with special attack drop) is more powerful than two Dragon Pulses. Hydreigon will be easier to run Timid nature instead of Modest if running Draco Meteor, which can be helpful at times. Hydreigon also tend to switch often by nature, so the special attack drop won't harm as much as the power drop when using Dragon Pulse instead. Dragon Pulse is better only on Taunt stallbreaker set, which is not much viable in PBB since stall teams are rarely used.

Talk about ranking:

Hydreigon is a good wallbreaker that has good coverage. Dark Pulse is a very spammable STAB move. With initially good special attack and boosted by Life Orb, it can at least 2HKO almost every pokemon not named Chansey and Blissey. Dragon Pulse is a spammable STAB as well. Flamethrower breaks some steel types that otherwise walls Hydreigon (Bisharp, Scizor). Flash Cannon also hits fairy types that resists both of Hydreigon's STAB. However, it has a relatively low speed for an offensive pokemon and therefore it tends to get hit before attacking at times. Even with Flash Cannon, it struggles against some fairy type special walls. Levitate and good defensive typing helps with this problem a bit, though.

Hydreigon : B+

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